GORSE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | gors
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe |
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| | Synonyms: | | furze, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin |
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| | See Also: | | bush, genus Ulex, shrub, Ulex | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow,
grass.] (Bot.)
Furze. See {Furze}.
The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly
gorse. --Cowper.
{Gorse bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also
{gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Gorse chat} (Zo["o]l.), the winchat.
{Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake},
{land drake}, and {corn drake}.
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